Speaking to Get Surrey, Dean said: "While most people are happy to enjoy the long summer evenings, I am the complete opposite. The winter is what I live for. Photos come out crisper and clearer."

Perhaps the most shocking thing about Dean's choice of hobby is the routine he has to get into to take these photos.

He said: "Tonight I will get home from work and go straight to bed. I will sleep in the spare room for a couple of hours so that my wife can put the kids to sleep and then I will get up at around 10pm.

He continued: "I can't start taking photos until it gets properly dark at around 11.30pm so until then I will be setting all my equipment up and focus on my object.

"Then I will shoot until around 3.20am. The thing is these images can take just as long to process as they do to shoot.

"I will finish doing that and then head into work at around 8.30am"

When asked how he gets through this routine he simply replied: "Coffee".

Dean's hobby is managed on a budget and it may be surprising to hear that the cost all the kit is ironically, not astronomical (sorry).

The light-wave refractor, or to you and me, the big camera and the "important part", the mount, cost £2,000 in total.

What you will need to take photos like this

Altair Astro lightwave ED80

Altair Astro Flattener / Reducer x0.8

Altair Astro Hypercam 183c

9 x 50 Guide scope

QHY5 Guide camera

Skywatcher EQ5 pro computerised mount

Lots of wires and patience and a loving family who put up with you being outside on every clear night